Method of making finger rings



Dec. 17, 1929, H. W. PETERS L'MQBGQ METHOD OF MAKING FINGER RINGS Filed Sept. 12, 1923 Patented Dec. 7 17, 1929 UNITED STATES HENRY W. PETERS, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS METHOD or Maxine FINGER .Rmes

Application filed September 12, 1928. Serial No. 305,562.

This invention relates to a method of making finger rings, one of the objects being to cheaply produce a light finger ring havmg a massive, heavy appearance.

Heretofore, in the manufacture of finger rings having massive settings it has been necessary to employ expensive hand out dies and considerable metal has necessarily been used in the structure of the setting. Consequently rings of this type have been costly. It is an object of the present inventlon to produce a ring by the use of dies in ordinary metal die presses, the base of the setting and the shanks forming the band of the finger r ng being produced by one stamping operatlon while the box portion of the setting is produced by another stamping operation, the said parts being subsequently so assembled as to produce a ring having a setting of massive appearance with a saw-plercedefiect but which, in fact, is made of comparatively thin metal and is very light.

With the foregoing and other ObJGCtS in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the steps of the method hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the blank from which the base of the setting and the shanks of the ring are formed.

Figure '2 is a similar View showing the blank after surplus metal has been trimmed therefrom.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank produced for forming the box or setting.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing said setting bent to proper shape prior to being assembled with its base.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the completed ring with the box or setting assembled on the base.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the completed R eferring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a metal blank adapted to be shaped in a press by a die which will form shank portions 2 of desired configuration and ornamentation and an intermediate 60 base 3 the side edges of which are concave as shown. After this blank has been produced as stated the same is placed in'position under a cutting die which will remove surplus metal, thereby leavin the finished blank as shown in Figure 2. nother die is used for stamping a blank setting 4 shown in Figure 3, this blank having wings 5 at its edges and the difierent parts being suitably ornamented.

Following the shaping of the two parts so of the ring the blank consisting of base 3 and shanks 2 is bent to proper shape and the ends of the shanks are joined by soldering. This bending operation will straighten out the concave edges of the base. Wings 5 are then bent along the edges of the intermediate portion of their blank so as to produce a box or setting of desired proportions. The ends of the wings can be left slightly spaced so as to present a saw-pierced efiect as shown at 6. The edges of the wings are then soldered to the base 3 after which the ring is burnished and the production thereof completed.

Importance is attached to the fact that the parts of the ring can be made without expensive dies and presses and without the costly hand work heretofore necessary in the production of rings having the same general appearance as those constitutingthis invention.

Whatis claimed is:

1. The herein described method of making a finger ring which consists in producing, by a single stamping operation, a setting base having opposed concave edges and oppositely extending shanks, then producing by a second stamping operation a setting having wings, then shaping the shanks and base to forma ring and to straighten the concave edges of the base, then bending the wings of the setting to form a box, and finally joining the wings to the edges of the base.

2. The herein described method of making a finger ring which consists inproducing, by a single stamping operation, a setting base having opposed concave edges and oppositely extending shanks, removing surplus metal from the base and shank, then producing by a second stamping operation a setting having wings, then shapmg the shanks and base to form a, ring and to straighten the concave edges of the base, then bending the wings oi the setting to form a, box, and finally 10ining the wings to the edges of the base.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixed my signature.

MNRY W PETERS. I 

